Collocations for input - noun

considerable, great, important, major, significant, substantial | additional | direct | regular | local | specialist, technical

have | need | get, receive | provide
constructive criticism which provided an input into the school''s decision-making process

~ by
The report contains a substantial input by the police.

~ from
input from various interested parties

~ in
They all had some input in the discussion.

~ into
her input into the survey

~ on
The union would like more input on redundancies.

~ to
an additional input to market analysis

data | user | keyboard | computer

require
Early computers required input in the form of punched cards.

accept
The software will accept input from a variety of other programs.

process
It may be beyond the capability of the hardware to process the input.

be used as/for
Decision tables can be used as computer input.

check
Check your input and make sure you have selected only one item.

data | file | field, form, screen
The cursor is positioned on the first input field of the page.

device
an input device such as a keyboard

~ for
inputs for the printers

~ from
input from a mouse

~ to
input to a computer database

input and output